Anton and notable first timers highlight Euskaltel-Euskadi Tour roster
Nieve, Izagirre, Sicard will look to feature as Sanchez stays home Euskaltel-Euskadi will take on the Tour de France without unquestioned leader Samuel Sanchez, who is sitting out the 100th edition after targeting the Giro d’Italia. Without their top five […]
Sojasun sending a squad to attack the Tour de France
With no true leader, French continental team will look for opportunities in breaks The French continental squad Sojasun got a wildcard invitation to the Tour de France again, and this time around, Stephane Heulot’s team will be throwing all caution […]
National Road Race Round-up: Greipel and Hoogerland amongst the winners
Results and comments from around the world, including Hushovd, Sagan, Kwiatkowski, and Jungels On a busy Sunday of racing, with men’s national road race championships happening all over the world, VeloNation grabs the results and the comments from many of […]
Cavendish claims first national road race title in small group sprint
Devolder breaks away to his third Belgian championship Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) nailed his first British road racing championship in an untraditional fashion, as the Manx Missile was riding without much of a team to back him up. And […]
BMC going with experience and reliability for 100th Tour de France
Hushovd and Frank notable absentees; Evans more confident in Giro-Tour double BMC Racing will hit the Tour de France presentation podium with a squad of familiar faces, and will be captained by the face with bushy eyebrows and a dimpled […]
Vichot stuns Chavanel and Gallopin for French road race title
FDJ rider in day long break, then plays it right in final kilometre Arthur Vichot (FDJ) grabbed a surprising victory in the French national road race championship, surprising Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) and Tony Gallopin (Radioshack-Leopard) in a three-man […]
Jan Ullrich admits to doping with Fuentes
“Almost everyone at the time was taking performance enhancing substances” Jan Ullrich has admitted to doping during his career with the help of Eufemiano Fuentes. Ullrich’s comments appear in a publication by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The 1997 Tour de France […]
Wiggins strikes a positive tone in support of Sky Tour de France team
Says Froome is the unquestioned favourite; retirement is not in the cards Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) expressed his belief in the Team Sky leader at the Tour de France, Chris Froome, calling him the favourite to win the race and […]
Frank disappointed but seeing big picture after Suisse time trial loss
Time spent in yellow jersey has Swiss rider competing with added confidence Mathias Frank (BMC Racing) was unable to put up the fight that he would have liked in his defense of the leader’s jersey in the Tour de Suisse, […]
Valjavec hoping for return to spotlight with Slovénie stage win
Back from ban, Slovenian targeting mountainous stage three Tadej Valjavec (Sava) is marking his return to the professional ranks in his biggest race since incurring a two-year ban from the sport in 2010 due to irregular blood values. Valjavec is […]